Cojvepany



I J. H. BACON.

WATER HEATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3,1917.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

7/ F WP HP REIWEEH IEEH JOSEPH To allwhom it may concern f H. BACON; OFLAKEWOOD. OHIO, ASSIGNQR 'ro'rnn Bacon HEA ER me vnrao- TUBING COMPANY,or CLEVELAND, 01-110, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

- WATER-HEATING nEvIcE.

' Be it known that 1,.JOSEPH H. BACON, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of 'Ohio, have invented. a certain new and usefulImprovement in Tater-Heating Devices," of which the followingl s a full,

' clear, andexact description.

I This invention relates to a waterfheating apparatus of what is knownas the convertible type andderives its name from thfe factthat twoindependent instrumentalities for ,supplying heat and the watercontaining portion are provided. Preferably theseindependentinstrumentalities adapt. the ap paratus for use ofgas as afuel'or forthe use of solid fuel. 7 n v I In using such an'apparatuswith solid fuelas the heat supplying means, it is necessary and desirable to remove thegas burnersf It is the, object of this invention to provide such aconstruction for a convertible water heating device as shall make theremoval of the burners a simple operation which may beeasily andconveniently 'ac-' complished.

Generally speaking,the invention may be I said to comprise'the elementsand combinations thereof set forth in the accompanying claims. 7

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a furnaceadapted to embody my invention the burner structures being omitted; Fig.2 is a sectional view from beneath the furnace showing a plan of theburners and burner carrying means;.Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation ofthe base of a water heating device embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawings, the base of the water heating apparatus isindicated at 1. This base is at one end provided with an opening 2which, when the furnace is used to burn a solid fuel, will be closed bya suit able door not shown, but the form and function of which is wellknown in the art. At 3.

A pplication filed aren 8, 19 17} i Serial No. 153.402.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 0t. 25, 1919.

mounted uponjthe base 'so that [the heated products of combustion maypass between" the sections as is well-known practice. intheart;

WVithin the base portion and'at the lower part of the base there'arearrangeda series oftransversely extending grate bars 6 whichare-suitably supported and mounted manner which is well-known in theartpf Above thegrate bars there are two or 'morelongitudinally extendingbars 7 which at their endsare supported in the end portions of the baseAbove thesebars 7 there is a frame generally represented at 8 This framemay be conveniently formedof angle iron or of any other form which willprovide a bottom ledge such as indicated at 9.

The ledges 9, serve to support the ends of burners which are generallyrepresented at- 1.0. The number and'dis'position'of the burners uponthe'frarne 8 will be in accordance with the arrangement and dispositionof'the sections 5 of the :Water containing portion of the apparatus. j

This frame S'has. a portion 11 thereof, which extends upon the outsideof the fur nace. This outwardly extending portion serves as a means fromwhich may be sup-' ported a transversely extending gas header 12. Thisgas header carries pipes '13, provided with valves 14 and the pipes 13are adapted to extend into mixers 15 which are carried upon the end of aplurality of outwardly extending pipessuch'as indicated at 16, therebeing a pipe 16 for each burner, and, of course, a corresponding mixerand adjacent and cooperating pipes which lead to the gas header 12. Thegas header is con nected to a gas feed pipe 17 by means of some suitablecoupling such as indicated at 18 which permits of the readydisconnection of the gas header from the gas feed pipe.

The forward portion of the frame 8 has secured thereto a plate 20, whichplate when the frame is in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, liesagainst the front end of the base 1 and closes the opening 2.

WVhen the apparatus is using gas as the fuel to provide heat, the framewith the burners thereon, occupies the position shown in full lines inFigs. 2 and 3. When it is desired to use the grates 6, the gas headerl2is disconnected from the gas feed pipe 17 and the frame 8 and the partsassociated therewith are pulled forward and out of the pening 2' is thenclosed-- by any eeting tpp m u to a .6 efiefil app aj wug'l 1 I ve y; imle a d syman:

. a bzisIpo'rt'ion and; watelpcontaining per 1. tion"-supported "en ,thebase portion, grate- I bars'fat .the 1f wer poiitionef the baSQend I mezm ns for 'suppoftinggzis burners vWithin {the base "above the. gr tebarsgthej supporting means; andlburners being removable as e,

unit from the said base portion.)

Q2. The Water heating apparatuythe com bihzipipneif d baseportion and aWater beet-Q ingipertion supported; .upoh the base eportiomgratebarswithin thesaidhase portion I v adjacent the 10We 1- part"thereof, a f rame m euiited iIJli the ba e Portion above the. gratehers, a'ndhymers' carried seicl frame, the" Said frame. and burners bemgremovwble as, iihitgflOHl the eeidfbese portiote. r

3- '.-A' -i '1 1 a p r us m il V a Base portion and ayate ycont ain1ngpop- 1 tie'nl sl xpported by the ,bas'e ;.;portion, grate here supportedWithin the base a'djaeent the lower ipart thereof, a plurality 9f;burners he bbfii e, liefiei er l mean? for-supporting thes aid burners,Said mee tion.

s being slidably ;m011;n t,ed within t he base portignj whereby e heburners ll f q heir up t ng m y 40 be withdrawnes a unit from 'theibaselpoe 4:. A Water'heatingapparatus eol'n prisingv I a; baseporigionfandeWater heating pprti o'p supp'or ted' rupq the 'base portion, grate barsWithiIf-the' bersef pdrtion at thevlower part thereof, a frame Withinthe base portion rzvbo e the glfate bfaJftS, s'up' e fis'forfthefrarrfefl eleng i h he fr ma -s d ers'. carried by the saidframe, the said'base;

portion beingflprovided withanfopening eti one endgfighreugh' hich ijhe{sei'd frame and burners as 2; uni t may'be re myed'frengjthe i q fiiinl e' df w t r w ain'ing Pe itien 'Sy pq ped; by; the baseportion, gratebars afltheilower part ,of's'egid base portion; f aflfreme extendingWithin the base portion above :the grate bars; ineahsfor supportingthe'said'iframe Withih thebase portion, burn- 1 ers 'earlied' the frame;said frame having i I j a'jpartwhi'ehextends with'oue thebase per- I V011, a g s he d li 'bylth fp fl O w the frame 'wiihbut i thebaseQPoition; pipes individl lel burners; the base poptioh be i iri'provlded withlan opening through Whieh the said. frameand partsearriedihereby may be remove'd age upit frofn the base p01- Si a e-e iIntestimoniivhfebf; 'her lintq afii fey

